ICONS OF EGYPT’S PROTEST MOVEMENT IMPRISONED
By SARAH EL DEEB and MARIAM RIZK FILE – In this Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013 file photo, Ahmed Maher, with sunglasses, the leader of the April 6 youth group that…
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KIEV ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTEST DRAWS 100,000
By YURAS KARMANAU Pro-European Union activists gather in Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013. Ukraine has been stricken with mass protests for over a month, as protesters…
TO CLEAN UP COAL, OBAMA PUSHES MORE OIL PRODUCTION
By DINA CAPPIELLO In this Oct. 21, 2013, photo, construction continues at the Mississippi Power’s Kemper County energy facility in central Mississippi near DeKalb, Miss. The power plant is designed…
HEALTH PLAN STICKER SHOCK AHEAD FOR SOME BUYERS
By CARLA K. JOHNSON FILE – In this Dec. 3, 2013 file photo, actor Adrienne Matzen poses in Chicago’s theater district. Matzen, 29, who has been mostly uninsured since she…
THAI PROTESTERS STAGE NEW MASS RALLY IN BANGKOK
Thai anti-government protesters march cross Takin Bridge during a rally Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013, in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand’s main opposition Democrat Party said it would boycott February’s general election, deepening…
POPE URGES ITALY TO FIND HO– USES FOR ALL FAMILIES
Pope Francis, framed by a Christmas tree, delivers his message to faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square during the Angelus prayer, at the Vatican, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio…
AL-QAIDA IN YEMEN APOLOGIZES FOR HOSPITAL ATTACK
By MAAMOUN YOUSSEF FILE – This Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013 file photo provided by Yemen’s Defense Ministry shows paramedics loading a victim into an ambulance after an explosion at the…
UN URGES MORE AID FOR PHILIPPINE TYPHOON RECOVERY
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, left, shakes hands with Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario as they meet reporters in Makati, south of Manila, Philippines on Sunday, Dec.…